Matthew Krishanu


Matthew Krishanu was born in Bradford, England in 1980. He graduated from The University of Exeter with a BA in Fine Art and English Literature in 2001 and completed a master's degree in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, University College of the Arts London in 2009. His exhibitions include 'Contemporary British Painting', Huddersfield Art Gallery, 'Another Country', The Nunnery, London, 'We Were Trying to Make Sense', 1Shanthiroad Gallery, Bangalore,, 'In Residence', Parfitt Gallery, London ; 'The Mausoleum of Lost Objects', Iniva, London.
Krishanu's essays and articles on art have been published by The Courtauld Gallery, British Council, and a-n Magazine. He has curated collaborative exhibitions for English Heritage and Iniva, and co-curated exhibitions at the RIBA and Whitechapel Gallery. He is a visiting lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts and teaches at Camden Arts Centre and The Courtauld Institute of Art.
In his own paintings, Krishanu creates work from memory and photographs, 're-imagining' events through editing, simplifying and layering. In one of his painting he explained "My subject matter is often autobiographical, drawing on memories and photographs – particularly of my childhood in Bangladesh. Rather than straight autobiography, I prefer to work with imagery that has open narratives."

Selected solo exhibitions